France.... Muslims attack police, torch cars for two nights after a Muslima was arrested for refusing to identify herself or lift her face veil.

The wreckage of burnt cars are pictured in the social housing projects neighbourhood of Bagatelle on April 17, 2018 in Toulouse after a second night of clashes between angry youths and police, that have led to 18 arrests.

Toulouse, France has been rocked by two nights of furious riots, triggered by the arrest of a woman who refused to remove her Islamic full-face veil for police. Some 18 people were arrested.

Hundreds of police units were deployed after young residents threw stones, torched cars and set fire to garbage cans, police told the AFP. The clashes began on Sunday afternoon in the Toulouse district of Bellefontaine after a woman wearing a full-face veil – which is illegal in France – was stopped by the police for an identity check.

She allegedly showed a poor-quality photocopy of her identity card and refused to lift her veil to let police officers see her face. After several futile attempts to have her lift the veil, the woman began to scream for help, France Info reports.

She was placed under arrest and moved into a police vehicle. Soon after, a group of about 30 people circled the police and attacked them. Officers attempted to quell the crowd by discharging their weapons and used tear gas launcher.

Along with the disturbances in Bellefontaine, there were also riots in Mirail and the neighboring district of Reynerie, which also began on Sunday evening. It’s believed the riots are connected to the suicide of a prisoner incarcerated in Seysses near Toulouse, who was found hanged in his cell on Saturday.

Hundreds of policemen were mobilised during the clashes in Reynerie with around 15 cars set on fire by rioters and around 300 tear gas grenades launched in the crowd.

“The clashes were extremely violent. My colleagues were very shocked, the events were very complicated to manage but they showed a lot of composure,” said spokesperson Didier Martinez.

“There was clearly an intention to attack the police,” said district police officer Arnaud Bavois describing scenes of “great violence” during the riots. The high-risk districts of Reynerie, Bellefontaine and Mirail in Toulouse, are identified as priority security areas.source

On Monday morning, police authorities made public the results of vandalism and clashes that have followed France’s victory in the World Cup.

292 people have been taken into custody, including 90 in Paris and 18 in Lyon, with 45 policemen seriously wounded, French newspaper Le Monde reports.

There were also acts of vandalism throughout the country, especially in Paris where dozens of youths shattered windows and looted popular stores.

Videos of destroyed cars and looting have surfaced on the Internet leading to the suspicion that dozens of millions of euros in damages were done. Around 800 cars have been torched in the weekend, leading to serious criminal investigations being launched.

The police also found 3 members of the Turkish community of Amiens were stabbed by 3 people waving flags of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party; the injured were transported hurriedly to hospital.

A man has been arrested in Paris in connection with an apparently random attack in which a woman was hit in the face.

Marie Laguerre said the man made a number of degrading comments and obscene noises as she walked past a cafe in the French capital on her way home from work.

After the 22-year-old told him to “shut up”, the man threw an ashtray at her head before they traded insults and he struck her with his hand across the face.

The incident was captured on CCTV and shared widely on social media, triggering a debate about sexual harassment and the treatment of women.

Reports in French media said the suspect, named as 25-year-old Firas M, had been receiving psychiatric treatment in hospital and was arrested as he left the facility in northern Paris.

Police initially struggled to pursue the lead because of medical confidentiality rules that prevented the hospital from sharing information with detectives.

The suspect was described as “violent” and “able to hit his mother” according to French newspaper, Le Parisien.

He is being held in custody following his arrest on Monday and Ms Laguerre has been invited to the police station to identify him.

Commenting on the attack at the time, Ms Laguerre said: "It wasn't the first time that day, that week, or that month. It had been building up. I got angry and said 'shut up'. I didn't think he'd hear, but he did.”

Angered by her response, the man threw an ashtray at her, missing by only a few inches.

Continuing with the insults, he then struck her across the face.

"I know he's going to hit me," she said. "I could have run off but there was no question of that. I wasn't going to look down and certainly wasn't going to apologise."

The attack prompted an outpouring of anger.

Marlène Schiappa, the French equalities minister said shortly afterwards: “It is not acceptable that in France, in 2018, women are hit in the street because they refuse to be insulted when they walk. It is a fundamental issue of liberty."

After the attack, people in a neighbouring cafe intervened and she briefly went home before going back to collect witness statements and complain to police.

Many members of the public praised her actions on social media and Alexandra Cordebard, mayor of Paris’s 10th arrondissement, expressed her support.

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